St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-31
DOES BRIGHAM LIVE?
y A Startling Story Afoat That the Great
Mormon Leader Has Not Crossed
the Dark River,
But Is Quietly Enjoying His Old Age in
the Vicinity of Nebraska's
Capital City,
And VIII Soon Attempt to Make the
Faithful Believe He Has Risen
From the Grave.
The Story of the Servant at the House
at Which the Prophet Is Said
to Be stopping.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 3O.-Can it be pos
sible that Brigham Young. the unholy pres
ident of the Mormon church of Salt Lake, is
alive? Years ago it was supposed that his
body had been consigned to the sepuchre, but
now a story is told that has tendency to
shock the credulity of the most susceptible.
But the apparent authenticity Of the story
Will remove from the minds of many all
Ideas OF sophistTy. Several citizens of this
city who knew Young in Salt Lake during
the halcyon days of Mormonism have seen
him within the past thirty-six hours. and
they are not of a callow stripe. Truth is
stranger than fiction and murder will out.
Two miles south of this city is a palatial
residence owned by an English gentlem an
long since identified with the Mormon
church. The residence has been unten-
anted for the last two years. save by an old
servant. man named White, who was
connected
WITH THE JEZRELS,
of London, sect similar TO the Mormons.
of his property, and latterly became con-
verted to the Mormon faith. He was con-
Sidered & trustworthy man, and was. there
fore, partially through necessity. taken into
the confidence of the leaders of the Mormon
church of Zion, which, according to his
statements, is about to perpetrate a fraud
to which he is unwilling to become party.
He says: 1.-TWO months ago there arrived
at the mansion an old gentleman bearing
letters from my master i'll Lon
don, the purport Of which was
to obey his every wish and
to keep his presence secret to all except
those to whom he saw fit to reveal himself.
Within a week persons began to arrive at
the house in twos and threes. They were
from Salt Lake City, and held long whis-
pered consultations with the mysterious
guest. At first l did not care who or what
he was, until little by little [ gathered from
stray remarks that he was person of note,
and soon after the
TRUTH BURST UPON ME
that he is none other than Brigham Yonng,
the great prophet Of our church, who is to
apparently be resurrected from the dead
and preach to the people of Zion as one
having returned from the grave to tell what
lies beyond. That his death and burial
were deception will soon be seen by tae
whole world while thousands of his igno-
rant believers bow at his feet and he die
tates to them their ways Of
life. My guests visitors are men
Of high standing, as their appearance
indicates, and it was III conversation with
one OF them that I learned the truth. He
supposed from the way l talked that knew
that my suspicious were verified, only my
informant said Brigham Young had risen
from his grave in Salt Lake and was in
structing his disciples here i'll order to pre-
pare the people for the great event Of his
coming. My only reason for telling these
facts is that | am an Old man, with but lit
tie to gain in this world, and do not want
to see people deluded as L have been. The
Jezfels absorbed my competence. and now
the Mormons have broken my faith.' Th:
old man told the story with sincerity tha
warranted further investigation, and a mer
chant, who formerly did business in Sal
Lake, drove out to the mansion this after
noon and
RAPED AT THE DOOR.
Receiving no response he started around
the house to apply at the rear, when through
a bay-window he saw the form and features
of an old man, who sat enjoying a sun bath
AS he was unaware of his presence tn
merchant approached to within few fee
of the window, scanning the old mans fac
closely and, stepping back. immediatel
pronounced the man to be Brigham Young
whose marked features he had often studie
in Salt Lake, which once seen, he says, ca
never be forgotten For few moment
the figure sat silently, then raised his han
III wearied way to his brow
revealing & scar about the wris
that still further establishes his identity
1t is a well-known fact that the elders O
the Mormon church throughout Utah an
Arizona have of late been preaching tn
return of the prophet. This, together wit
the fact that it was claimed by a st. Lou
man some months ago that Young was see
and recognized in London; that a nunbt
of prominent Mormons have lately bee
seen upon the streets of Lincoln; that IN
portant legislation is about to be enactt
to the detriment of the Mormon churcl
and the veil of mystery with which IL
prophets death has always been shroudet
make it almost certain that the M0rmC
banners throughout L tab will soon be u
furled, announcing that He is risen.'